i HOW TO MARKET WOODPRODUCTS Farmer Could Add Greatly to Lumber Supply by Properly Developing Resource? URGE, UNREALIZED PROFITS Majority of American Farms Include Woodlands Which Could Be Made to Produce an Annual Crop' of Logs for Timber. ,. Tho American fnrmcr Is our biggest woodman potentially. In the last word potentially lies tho "rub" of a serious lumber Mtua-tlon. Mtua-tlon. Manufacturing Industries need lumber; builders are calling loudly for lumber; farmers themselves are hindered hin-dered In carrying on their work bo-causo bo-causo of tho Mnrclty of lumber. And yet tho fnrmcr might bo the most Independent In-dependent of all these Interests with respect to Inmbcr, and could add greatly to tho present supply If ho would properly develop his woodland resources. Jinny fanners, of course, hnv4 dono this already and nrc profit- Choice White Oak Log From a Tennessee Farm. lng by their efforts, butjhey aro In tho minority. It alj. tho farm wood; lands could be combined they would form ono vnst forest of 101,000,000 acres. This Is approximately two-fifths two-fifths of the entire forest area of tho country. Kast of tho Mississippi tho farm woodlands cover 'IS per cent of nil tho forests. Tho farmers lmvo scarcely begun ta systematically develop de-velop and use these timbered hinds, although they consuma 40 per cent of uft tho wood consumed In this country. coun-try. Agriculture Is tho greatest of our u-nOfl.iiMlnt InrliifitrlnH. Opportunity Overlooked. Taken ns a wholo It 1b on immense Item thnt, agricultural Interests aro overlooking, say officials of tho forest service, United Stntcs Department of Agriculture, who have mado a study of tho country's forest resources. The annual growth of timber possible pos-sible on farm woodlots has been estimated at 8,500,000,000 board feet of material suitable for lumber, staves, boxes, etc., nnd 114,000,000 cords of fuel wood. In other wTrds, If properly cared for the farm woodlands could produco more thnn tho entire quuntlty of fuel now consumed by tho farmers and 81 per cent of tho lumber boxes, barrels, etc., now used by them. I and by log scale measure. A cholc , 1M Is thus offered and the moro profitable 'am form of bid can bo accepted. Prior to Off making Bates a fairly gdod estimate am should be mado of tho amount nnd vat- 'am uo of tho material for sale. Persons 4 experienced In measuring and cstlmat- 19 lng timber usuntly can bo found la ':' every region where timber has been -JJH handled In the past. It is advisable to B market tho higher grades of timber Jfl rather than uso them on tho farm, WW where tho cheaper material generally will prove quite as serviceable. This ' ,fl should bo dono In many cases even If It makes necessary tho purchasing nnd "BJ hauling to tho farm of cheaper lum- her. Before following such a proccd JH ure, however, the farmer should bo BJ sure that ho has a high grade product - H to sell, for markets which pay good , BJ prices usually buy on grado and in- spect closely. Tho uso of a written JH timbcr-salo agreement is recommended VflJ by" tlio United States Department of k ' Agriculture In selling woodland tlm- '' - H